BINDING AND LOOSING

Genesis chapter 1
















Today we are walking in: Binding and Loosing










Today we look to the word-DOMINION- H4475 memshalah--rule, dominion, realm, rule, dominion, realm, domain









The Torah testifies..................…






Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.










The prophets proclaim...............…





Jeremiah 34:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, H4475 and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,










The writings bear witness.............






Psalm 103:22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: H4475 bless the LORD, O my soul.

his dominion. H4475










Binding and Loosing




This transfer of ruling authority over the earth from Yah to man has major implications for all of us regarding our daily circumstances and our relationship to our society and culture. Therefore, it is important that we understand it. Yah has given us authority over the earth. That means we’re in charge. Whatever we say goes. This gives us a lot of freedom to do what we please within our domain. But it also means that we can’t blame Yah for everything that goes wrong, yet that is exactly what we do. “Why does Yah allow so much suffering in the world? Why doesn’t Yah do away with evil? Why does He allow sickness to continue? Doesn’t He care? Why doesn’t Yah do something?”




Why doesn’t Yah intervene? Because this is not His domain. He will not intervene in the affairs of this earthly domain without the permission of those who hold dominion authority here. And who holds dominion authority? Every human being on earth who is a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven. Yah is not to blame for human evil and suffering. We brought these things on ourselves by our own selfishness and rebellious spirit. Yah wants to help but won’t intervene unless invited to do so by Kingdom citizens who know their dominion authority. Through prayer we invite Yah to act in our domain.




This is what Yahusha meant when He said:




I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 18:18).




Many believers have been taught that this verse deals with binding and loosing demonic spirits. It has nothing to do with demons. Yahusha is using Kingdom language. To “bind” means to lock up or prohibit; to “loose” means to unlock or permit. On earth we have dominion authority. Yahusha is saying that what we prohibit on earth, heaven will prohibit, and what we permit on earth, Heaven will permit. Consider the implications of this. Whatever we allow in society, Heaven will not stop, and whatever we disallow in society, Heaven will make sure it does not happen.




Do you understand how serious this is? The management of the earth is totally up to us. We are responsible for the evil, ills, and suffering in our world. These things are reflections of the nature and quality of our management. That is why Yah needs us to pray. He cannot interfere on earth unless we release Him to do so because He has given us sovereignty here. When we do, Heaven invades our territory on our behalf.




The King of Heaven has given us dominion authority here on earth, and He will not violate it without our permission.




This truth holds a critical key to how we should live as Kingdom citizens on earth. Having been raised in one or another of the various human systems of government, we all have been “programmed” to think of life and society in terms of the “have’s” and the “have not’s,” of periodic economic upheavals and downturns, chronic shortages of commodities, corruption, despotism, and the strong preying on the weak. We look at these things, sigh, and then say, “Oh well, that’s life.”




Not in the Kingdom of Heaven!




As I said before, in the Kingdom of heaven, there is no economic crisis and there are no shortages because heaven’s resources are infinite. And because all Kingdom citizens are equal, there are no “have’s” and “have not’s”; everyone is a “have.” There is no corruption or despotism because our King is a righteous and benevolent ruler. The strong do not prey on the weak because there are no weak. Everyone is strong in the strength and presence and influence of the King and in the secure knowledge of their place and privilege as equal citizens of the Kingdom.




Seeing life from this perspective will require a major change of mind-set for most people. We have to learn, we have to train, we have to be taught to think this way. A change of mind is what the Bible calls “repentance.” So now the words of Yahusha become much clearer when He says, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). He is saying, “Change your mind! Stop thinking like the world with its inadequacies and inequities, and start thinking like a Kingdom citizen! Stop operating from a worldly mind-set of “never enough” and start operating from a Kingdom mind-set of “more than enough”! The Kingdom of Heaven is here and everything has changed!”




Ten Principles of the Power of Land




I hope that by now it is becoming clear how important territory is to the kingdom concept. With this in mind, I want to conclude this chapter with a brief discussion of ten principles of the power of land. In this context, land, territory, and domain mean the same thing.




1. The first thing Yah gave man was land. We have already discussed this. Yah created the earth and then created man to rule it. Specifically, Yah placed Adam in a lush, beautiful garden and gave him the responsibility of caring for it and all its inhabitants. The King of Heaven gave the king of earth a physical domain—land— over which to exercise dominion.




2. The first thing man lost was land. When Adam and Eve rebelled against the king, He drove them out of the garden. They lost the property Yah had given them. Having lost their dominion, they discovered that the earthly environment was now hostile to them.




3. The first thing Yah promised Abraham was land, not heaven. The first thing Yah promised Moses was land, not heaven. Our big dream is to go to Heaven, while Yah’s big dream is for us to possess land because He created us to be kings, and all kings own property.




4. Real wealth is in the land. That’s why it’s called real estate. All other estates aren’t “real.” So many people expend all their resources acquiring “wealth” that never lasts—commodities that dissipate through consumption or are wiped out by economic depression or natural disaster. Land never loses its value regardless of what the economy does. In fact, land almost always grows in value even during difficult times. If you want to help ensure prosperity for yourself as well as future generations, focus on acquiring real estate. There is power in land, which leads us to the next principle.




5. He who owns the land controls the wealth. Once, I was in Omaha, Nebraska, riding in from the airport, and remarked to my driver about the beauty and impressiveness of a particular skyscraper that dominated the skyline. “What is that?” I asked. He chuckled and said, “That’s the disgrace of the city.” “Why?” I asked, surprised. He replied, “That’s the tallest building in the city, and it is owned by the Japanese.” Smart people—Kingdom-minded people— go after land. Why?




6. True wealth is in the land. It never loses its value and, in fact, almost always increases in value the longer you own it. I once acquired a small piece of land for $35,000. Several people made offers to buy the land, but I held on to it. A few years later, a wealthy businessman built a $3,000,000 estate on an adjacent piece of property. What do you think that did to the value of my land? True wealth lies in real estate.




7. The meek will inherit the earth. And Yahusha said that is a blessing: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5). “Meek” means “gentle,” but it also means “disciplined.” The Greek word refers to the demeanor of a horse that has been broken for riding. A horse is a very strong animal. After it is broken it is still strong, but that strength is now under control. It is under discipline. These kind of people—the meek—Yahusha says, are the ones who will inherit the earth—not Heaven.




8. Land is the only estate that is real. Real estate is the only property of truly lasting value that we can pass on to our children. Everything else fades away too easily. The Bible says: “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children” (Prov. 13:22a).




9. Yah considers the loss of land a curse. This is very important in the Bible. Every time Yah cursed the Israelites for their rebellion and disobedience, He took land from them. When they repented, He blessed them by restoring their land. Yah uses land to measure blessing or cursing. Therefore...




10. The restoration of land is a blessing. Land is important. Land has power because without land there is no domain and without domain there is no king.




Kings of a New Earth




Many Kingdom citizens have been taught so thoroughly to anticipate and look forward to Heaven as the ultimate “reward” for the life to come that talk of an earthly inheritance makes them uncomfortable. But this is what the Bible says. Isaiah, an ancient and early spokesman for the Kingdom of Heaven, recorded:




For this is what the Most High says—He who created the heavens, He is Yah; He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited—He says: “I am the Most High, and there is no other” (Isaiah 45:18).




Yah created the earth for people to live on it. He is so committed to this planet that even when it passes away He will re-create it:




Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away....And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of Yah is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and Yah Himself will be with them and be their Yah...for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:1, 3, 4b-5a).




Yah’s program never changes. He is committed to His plan for earth, and for earth dwellers, which is why we can’t stay in Heaven. The Bible promises a full resurrection in which all Kingdom citizens will have a new body, a physical body of some sort, and will reign in the earth forever, just as Yah intended from the beginning. In the meantime, He wants us to practice—to learn how to take up rulership and exercise wise dominion over this territory called earth that He has given us. The Kingdom of Heaven is here now. We are its citizens, representatives of its colonial government, and we possess the authority right now to act in the name of our King and bring the influence of His will and desires over this earthly domain.




Principles




1. Every kingdom has territory.




2. Heaven is a real Kingdom with a real government.




3. A king is not a king unless he has territory over which to rule.




4. The Son of Yah came to get the Kingdom back for man.




5. Without territory no kingdomcan exist.




6. A king is only as wealthy as his domain.




7. Our destiny as human beings is wrapped up in land.




8. We were made for the earth, and that is where our place of dominion will be in the life to come.




9. We are kings by delegation, not by creation.




10. Yah will not intervene in the affairs of this earthly domain without the permission of those who hold dominion authority here.




11. Through prayer we invite Yah to act in our domain.




12. In the Kingdom of Heaven there are no “have’s” and “have not’s”; everyone is a “have.”




13. The meek will inherit the earth, not Heaven.